(1) The term "standard receiving board" means those election
officials charged with conducting the process of voting within a
precinct and consists of no less than five persons, to be comprised
as follows:

(A) Each precinct shall have at least one team of poll clerks,
one team of election commissioners for the ballot box and one
additional election commissioner.

(B) At the discretion of the county clerk and county
commission, any county may add additional teams of poll clerks and
commissioners to any precinct, as necessary to fairly and
efficiently conduct an election;

(2) The term "counting board" means those election officials
charged with counting the ballots at the precinct in counties using
paper ballots and includes one team of poll clerks, one team of
election commissioners and one additional commissioner;

(3) The term "team of poll clerks" or "team of election
commissioners" means two persons appointed by opposite political
parties to perform the specific functions of the office: Provided,
That no team of poll clerks or team of election commissioners may
consist of two persons with the same registered political party
affiliation or two persons registered with no political party affiliation; and

(4) The term "election official trainee" means an individual
who is sixteen or seventeen years of age who meets the requirements
of subdivisions (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6), subsection (a), section
twenty-eight of this article.

(b) For each primary and general election in the county, the
county commission shall designate the number and type of election
boards for the various precincts according to the provisions of
this section. At least eighty-four days before each primary and
general election the county commission shall notify the county
executive committees of the two major political parties in writing
of the number of nominations which may be made for poll clerks and
election commissioners.

(c) For each municipal election held at a time when there is
no county or state election:

(1) The governing body of the municipality shall perform the
duties of the county commission as provided in this section; and

(2) The standard receiving board may, at the discretion of the
official charged with the administration of election, consist of as
few as four persons, including one team of poll clerks and one team
of election commissioners for the ballot box.
Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2016 Regular Session
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